In the First Circle: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the In the First Circle audiobook runs 31.9 hours unabridged, narrated by Derek Perkins (about 21.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 31.9 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 64 days |
| 1 hour / day | 32 days |
| 2 hours / day | 16 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 22 days |
You'll finish in – by –
Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 31.9 hours, it runs longer than 99% of the 2,312 Espionage audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Derek Perkins
Derek Perkins narrates 328 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 3,800 hours in all.
About as long, on the Espionage shelf
9 Espionage audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
Computed from 409,794 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read November 3, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.
About this listen
In the First Circle is an audiobook by Aleksandr I. Solzhenitsyn: a 31.9-hour unabridged recording, read by Derek Perkins, released October 9, 2018, on the Espionage shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 31.9 hrs
- Narrated by
- Derek Perkins
- Released
- October 9, 2018
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Espionage
- ISBN
- 9781977388995
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the In the First Circle audiobook?
In the First Circle runs 31.9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 21.3 hours.
Is the In the First Circle audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates In the First Circle?
In the First Circle is narrated by Derek Perkins.
Is In the First Circle worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 21.3 hours, saving 10.6 hours.